'''''Ando''''' is a noun meaning "gate" in [[Quenya]]. Compare with ''[[annon]]'' in [[Sindarin]].

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'''''ando''''' is a noun meaning "gate" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref>

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[[Image:Ando.gif]]''Ando'' is also the name of the fifth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.

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[[Image:Ando.gif|left]]''Ando'' is also the name in Quenya of the fifth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/> It is the first letter of the second grade or [[Tyellë]], which contains "voiced stops" and it is the second letter in the dental or ''t''-series of consonants, the ''[[Tincotéma]]''.<ref name="Letters">{{App|Letters}}</ref> In the standard spelling of Quenya ''Ando'' represents '''ND'''.<ref>{{App|Letters}}, Note</ref> In all other modes this letter represents '''D'''.<ref name="Letters"/> The Westron name for this letter is '''''Dó'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref>

Latest revision as of 22:02, 8 November 2012

Ando is also the name in Quenya of the fifth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[1] It is the first letter of the second grade or Tyellë, which contains "voiced stops" and it is the second letter in the dental or t-series of consonants, the Tincotéma.[2] In the standard spelling of Quenya Ando represents ND.[3] In all other modes this letter represents D.[2] The Westron name for this letter is Dó.[4]